Remove additional spacing from the project backlog
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
Remove additional spacing from the project backlog.

Environment
Jira Cloud
Cause
The reason for the additional spacing within the project backlog section is due to the inclusion of multiple fields under board configuration (Card layout section).

Solution
Please note that the below solution is only applicable when it is allowed to remove certain fields from the card layout section, Kindly follow the below steps to remove the fields from the card layout section.
Open the Project backlog
Click on the three dots and select the Configure Board.
Click on theCard layout
Delete the some of the fields from theCard layout section.
Note: If you wish to include all the fields in the card layout, the above solution is not applicable in that scenario.
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